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Boyne Resorts was founded by Everett Kircher, Jim Christianson and John Norton in 1947. [2] They purchased a steep hill in Northern Michigan for $1 from former State Senator Pierson. [ 3 ] Then the co-founders bought a single chairlift from Sun Valley in Idaho and installed it at their Northern Michigan resort as its first lift.
The center piece is an upscale resort called The Mountain Grand Lodge and Spa. [2] Boyne Mountain has continued use of the first chairlift built, constructed by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1936 for use at its new resort in Sun Valley, Idaho. It is also the location of Avalanche Bay, the largest indoor water park in Michigan. [3]
Other runs and a lodge were added in following seasons, but the resort did not succeed financially and had to close. The resort was purchased by Boyne in the early 1960s, along with an adjoining 2900 acres to the north. It opened as Boyne Highlands in 1963 with two three-person chairlifts, the first triple chairlifts in the world. The current ...
Skybridge Michigan will be opening at Boyne Resorts, a 1,200-foot-tall, 118-foot high bridge that will be lit at night. 'Thrill With No Skill' is Boyne Resort’s latest experiential innovation ...
Boyne Golf is opening a new par-3 course called Doon Brae on one of its ski hills for the 2024 summer.
Jul. 26—PETOSKEY — Even though it's nearly a year away, Boyne is beaming. Boyne Golf, a collection of 10 golf courses at three resorts in Petoskey, Harbor Springs and Boyne City, announced ...
The resort's land has been owned by CNL Lifestyle, then Och-Ziff Capital Management, and leased back to Boyne. [3] In 2018, Boyne Resorts completed the purchase of all leased ski areas in New England [4] from CNL Lifestyle, allowing Boyne to "accelerate and fine tune" investment in those areas (Loon, Sugarloaf, and Sunday River). In direct ...
Booth Creek sold The Summit to CNL Lifestyle in 2006, but continued to operate the resort under a lease. [4] Booth Creek sold The Summit lease to Boyne Resorts in 2007. [3] CNL Lifestyle sold Booth Creek in a batch of resorts to Och-Ziff Capital Management in 2016. [5] Boyne purchased the ski resort in March 2018.